Miles Brewton House

The Miles Brewton House is a National Historic Landmark residential complex located at 27 King Street in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. It is one of the finest examples of a double house in Charleston, designed on principles articulated by Andrea Palladio. Its extensive collection of dependencies makes it one of the most complete Georgian townhouse complexes in America. The house was built ca. 1769 for Miles Brewton. The house became the British headquarters for Clinton during the American Revolutionary War. The Brewton House was the headquarters of BG Alexander Schimmelfennig during the federal occupation of Charleston at the end of the American Civil War. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
The architect Ezra Waite started construction of this "double house" in 1765 for Miles Brewton and completed in 1769. Miles Brewton and family perished at sea in 1775 on their way to Philadelphia. The house was inherited by his sisters Mrs. Charles Pinckney and Rebecca Brewton Motte. Mrs. Rebecca Motte occupied the house when Clinton used it for his headquarters during the War of Independence. His profile is scratched on a marble mantelpiece. One of Mrs. Motte's daughters married Capt. William Alston of Marion's Brigade, who bought the house for his town residence, while away from his plantation on the Waccamaw River. Their daughter, Mrs. William Bull Pringle, then inherited the house. Since then, the house has been referred to as the Pringle House on King Street. The house became Union headquarters in 1865 during the occupation of Charleston in the Civil War.

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